Your TKAM final drafts will be due on Tuesday, 1/24 (A) / Wednesday, 1/25 (B). Upload a PDF version here. Read Ellison’s Invisible Man. Chapter 1 is due Friday, 1/20 (A) / Monday, 1/23 (B). Chapters 2-4 are due on Thursday, 1/26 (A) / Friday, 1/27 (B).
Before you return from the break, make sure you have read To Kill a Mockingbird. If you want to use it, I have created a discussion forum for you to post comments or ask questions.
Rewrite a scene from your play as a one-page story, maximum 225 words. The story must contain an exposition, introducing setting, characters, and conflict; an inciting incident; rising action leading to a climax; falling action and a resolution. Upload a PDF version here.
In class, you will be reading one of three plays – Our Town, The Glass Menagerie, or The Crucible. As you read in your group, collectively complete a literary reduction organizer. One person needs to open the link above. Make a copy of the document before you can make changes (File – Make a copy). [...]
If you missed the TED Talk last class or want to watch it again, here it is:
Here is a list of vocabulary words found in The Grapes of Wrath that you should learn for the SAT. Your semester exam will be over these words. You can also download gFlash+ to help you study. Once you have loaded the app onto your device, go to the gWhiz catalog, search for “grapes of [...]
Set aside time to read every day. Read Chapters 1–14 by . . . November 8 (A) / November 9 (B). Read Chapters 15–18 by . . . November 16 (A) / November 17 (B). Read Chapters 19–26 by . . . December 1 (A) / December 2 (B). Finish the novel (Chapters 27–30) by [...]
Here’s the link to the SAT Question of the Day that we talked about last week. You can go to this site each day or have them e-mail you the question each morning. If you have an iPhone or an iPod Touch, there’s an app.
For Monday, write and post your one paragraph about women in combat. Also for Monday (A)/ Tuesday (B), read Chapters 4, 5, and 6 in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The PSAT is on Wednesday morning. The mock AP exam for juniors is on Thursday, October 20.
Should women be allowed to serve in combat roles in today’s military? Synthesize at least two sources to support your answer. Due: Monday, October 10 by 8:35 a.m.
Your TKAM final drafts will be due on Tuesday, 1/24 (A) / Wednesday, 1/25 (B). Upload a PDF version here. Read Ellison’s Invisible Man. Chapter 1 is due Friday, 1/20 (A) / Monday, 1/23 (B). Chapters 2-4 are due on Thursday, 1/26 (A) / Friday, 1/27 (B).
Before you return from the break, make sure you have read To Kill a Mockingbird. If you want to use it, I have created a discussion forum for you to post comments or ask questions.
Rewrite a scene from your play as a one-page story, maximum 225 words. The story must contain an exposition, introducing setting, characters, and conflict; an inciting incident; rising action leading to a climax; falling action and a resolution. Upload a PDF version here.
In class, you will be reading one of three plays – Our Town, The Glass Menagerie, or The Crucible. As you read in your group, collectively complete a literary reduction organizer. One person needs to open the link above. Make a copy of the document before you can make changes (File – Make a copy). [...]
If you missed the TED Talk last class or want to watch it again, here it is:
Here is a list of vocabulary words found in The Grapes of Wrath that you should learn for the SAT. Your semester exam will be over these words. You can also download gFlash+ to help you study. Once you have loaded the app onto your device, go to the gWhiz catalog, search for “grapes of [...]
Set aside time to read every day. Read Chapters 1–14 by . . . November 8 (A) / November 9 (B). Read Chapters 15–18 by . . . November 16 (A) / November 17 (B). Read Chapters 19–26 by . . . December 1 (A) / December 2 (B). Finish the novel (Chapters 27–30) by [...]
Here’s the link to the SAT Question of the Day that we talked about last week. You can go to this site each day or have them e-mail you the question each morning. If you have an iPhone or an iPod Touch, there’s an app.
For Monday, write and post your one paragraph about women in combat. Also for Monday (A)/ Tuesday (B), read Chapters 4, 5, and 6 in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The PSAT is on Wednesday morning. The mock AP exam for juniors is on Thursday, October 20.
Should women be allowed to serve in combat roles in today’s military? Synthesize at least two sources to support your answer. Due: Monday, October 10 by 8:35 a.m.
